i mean, my question is: does romney have strategic needs at this point? i figured that, if newt fell, there wouldn't be time for another single anti-romney to emerge, so he could just coast.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 16 December 2011 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
he has the strategic need for people to actually like him despite being the inevitable candidate at this point
― iatee, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
haha those are the "running out of time" alarms bro xp
holy shit it's the most annoying thing ever
― Mordy, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
Bachmann's been after Gingrich all night--is she really hoping that it'll come down to her and Romney?
― clemenza, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
god that was a really pathetic moment for her
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
"I am a serious candidate!"
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
"i'm a serious candidate. serious. I'M SERIOUS. LOOK AT MEEEEEEE"
― Mordy, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
we're talking about bachmann, amirite? sure. she'd believe anything.
― Aimless, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
Sam Stein @samsteinhp -- Bachmann: I personally witnessed Gingrich eating a small baby in the house cafeteria
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 16 December 2011 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
i think perry just dropped out of the race?
― Mordy, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
Rick Perry just couldn't remember something.
― clemenza, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
"if you don't get your tail kicked every now and then you're not playing at a high enough level, thanks guys for letting me play at such a high level. it's been fun, and now -- back to texas."
why would perry drop out?
HE'S THE TIM TEBOW OF THE GOP
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 16 December 2011 03:53 (twelve years ago) link
seriously, perry sounds like he's about to drop out?
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 16 December 2011 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
If someone were to maliciously ask Perry how many spaces should be placed after a period, would his head explode?
― Aimless, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
Perry is a huge stan for APA Style
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
charles krauthammer looks like he skinned a bunch of people and sewed their faces together and then stretched them over his own
― Mordy, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:57 (twelve years ago) link
look, u can even see the holes and shit where he didn't do a thorough job
― Mordy, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:58 (twelve years ago) link
Basically nobody went after Romney tonight. I don't get it.
― clemenza, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:58 (twelve years ago) link
so . . . that means romney did well?
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 16 December 2011 03:59 (twelve years ago) link
Yes. I'm very depressed.
― clemenza, Friday, 16 December 2011 03:59 (twelve years ago) link
It means they think Mitt's irrelevant compared to the Newt Juggernaut.
― Aimless, Friday, 16 December 2011 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
This is like that one golf major last year where the guy from New Zealand with the funny name won; I've given up trying to figure out who wins this.
― clemenza, Friday, 16 December 2011 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
Yes. I'm very depressed.― clemenza
― clemenza
don't toy with my emotions! if romney's on the verge of clinching the nomination, just tell me, and i'll prepare for the romney/rubio landslide victory over obama/biden.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 16 December 2011 04:11 (twelve years ago) link
The dream is overWhat can I say?The dream is overYesterday.
― clemenza, Friday, 16 December 2011 04:12 (twelve years ago) link
-- sigh --
Carrie Dann @CarrieNBCNews -- Perry campaign NEEDED a debate that didn't hurt what they perceive as real Iowa retail momentum. Looks like they got it.
hey!
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 16 December 2011 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
obama must make his move today to ditch biden and bring rubio onto the ticket!! (/panic mode)
― Aimless, Friday, 16 December 2011 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.tvrage.com/screencaps/26/5108/149201.png
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 16 December 2011 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
NOW YOU'RE THINKIN'.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 16 December 2011 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
i find all the rooting for various candidates really tiring so i've decided to just start front-running for whoever is leading in the polls and whoever wins the general election i'm going to join his party and then feel really good about how we beat the bad guys. being on the losing team sucks!!!!
― Mordy, Friday, 16 December 2011 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
@maggiepolitico: Newt, tells Hannity, "Mitt and I have become much closer" during the campaign.
you have to get close, in order to use a knife.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 16 December 2011 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
Gingrich/Romney
(not an election ticket)
― OH NOES, Friday, 16 December 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
really psyched for the Obamney general-election travesty now that we're officially a police state.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 16 December 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
HA HA right on brother!
― billy goat, Friday, 16 December 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
The national-security state has been dominant since before I was born. Becoming a police state was always just a baby step away.
― Aimless, Friday, 16 December 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
I see the Nikki Haley shoe dropped for Romney, and while Branstad won't endorse, he's saying mean things about Newt.
― C.K. Dexter Holland, Friday, 16 December 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
I posted something similar to this last night--I'm not the only one wondering what's going on there:
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/deconstructing_michele_bachmanns_war_on_newt/
― clemenza, Friday, 16 December 2011 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
A thread for Rick Perry roffles
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 17 December 2011 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
i'm guessing Alfred posted this already? but I don't see it.
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/12/ron-paul-for-the-gop-nomination.html
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 17 December 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
Chait's response.
― Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 17 December 2011 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
Sullivan's fascination with Ron Paul is between curious and O_O
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 17 December 2011 03:28 (twelve years ago) link
it's not so curious when you read him go on and on about the bell curve...
― Mordy, Saturday, 17 December 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
I just skimmed some of the worst lines from the Paul newsletters, and I don't think I want to read them any more closely. (I remember reading/hearing about them during the '08 cycle.) Disappointing--I've come to like him over the course of the debates. Not for all his stuff about the fed--I don't know enough about monetary policy to know if that's as crazy as many commentators say it is. I just like his manner, and it is amazing to see a politician who never wavers--never--from his beliefs no matter what the context or who the audience, and who never dodges. Debate moderator asks him a question, he listens, he responds--and even if he knows he'll get booed, or knows everyone else on the stage will pounce with rehearsed lines that will get the crowd cheering, he says his piece. And he does it every time. I keep waiting for him to hedge as he gets closer and closer to winning Iowa, and he never does. So it's too bad there's all this other garbage.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 December 2011 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
The other night a friend and I shook our heads wondering why this man wasn't the nominee already. If the Tea Party had principles, then Ron Paul would be the Inevitable One.
― Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 17 December 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
Guaranteed to stop the bleeding and rescue Newt's campaign:
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/gingrich_lauded_good_parts_of_obama_health_plan/
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 December 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing can rescue that poor man now. Pray for his soul.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 17 December 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
The concept of Newt's soul kind of reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoS635XbKhE
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 December 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
Why even worry about that has-been? National lead fading, going nowhere in NH, very possibly down to 3d in Iowa. Worked out perfectly for Pres. Romney.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 17 December 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
You're taking this much better than I am. I'm on maybe the second or third stage of grieving, at best.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 December 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
I've been a fan of Pres. Romney all along.
He's my favorite Republican technocrat.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 17 December 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link